DescriptionThe nation's number one health newsletter for women, Harvard Women's Health Watch seeks to clarify many of the issues surrounding women's health and to provide concise, accurate information to help readers and listeners make informed decisions about their own care. The editors provide updates on the new and continually changing field of research on women's health, including hormone replacement therapy, weight management, heart disease, and cancers affecting women. The Harvard Women's Health Watch also explores complementary and alternative therapies, offering guidance from Harvard experts as well as the most current data from medical journals. The Harvard Women's Health Watch is available in audio format through Audible.
DescriptionHarvard Men's Health Watch is a monthly publication addressing men's health concerns to help them lead healthier, longer lives. Covering topics as diverse as prostate disease, nutrition and exercise, sexual dysfunction, and hair loss, Harvard Men's Health Watch delivers on its motto that "Knowledge is Power."…
DescriptionDonna Shalala, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, talks about the unfinished agenda of the current administration. Her key issues include health care, attacking the AIDS epidemic, and expanding and enriching Head Start. Before joining the administration, Shalala was a professor of political science and the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She also served for 7 years as the president of Hunter College. Shalala addressed The City Club on November 16, 1998.
DescriptionThe NHS is Broken, It Needs Reinventing Professor Kenneth Minogue, Emeritus Professor of Political Science in London University; Harriet Sergeant, author of the widely-acclaimed Managing not to Manage: Management in the NHS ; and Dr. Mauri…
DescriptionThe award-winning and world-renowned Harvard Health Letter was the first health publication for a lay audience to be published by a major medical institution. For nearly a quarter of a century, the Harvard Health Letter has led the way in patient advocacy, encouraging readers to take greater responsibility for the management of their own and their family's health, and in their dealings with medical professionals. The Harvard Health Letter continues to cover major illnesses such as cancer and heart disease, as well as lifestyle, risk and health care delivery issues. The Harvard Health Letter covers a wide range of relevant health topics including: guidance in practical areas such as purchasing medications online advice on lowering your cancer risk cutting-edge medical information…
